Despite its odd title, the Texas Railroad Commission is all about regulating the oil and gas industry. Given 2021’s Snowmageddon’s power grid failure and a possible energy crisis due to a scorching summer, the commission could use a disruptor to the old ways of doing business.
Republican politicians, including some of the party’s top leaders, openly espouse versions of a white supremacist conspiracy theory holding that an orchestrated effort is underway to displace white Americans. A recently published poll found that almost half of Republicans believe that immigrants are being brought to the United States as part of such an effort.
The coming of May and the end of the school year has always brought with it degree of finality to it as students transition from one grade to the next. Students will say goodbye and farewell to classmates and teachers and look forward to the next grade and a new beginning.
Mike Collier can’t wait to talk to Republicans about property taxes. First, though, he needs to win the runoff to represent Democrats in the general election for Texas lieutenant governor.
TWC should account for its mistakes. The Texas Workforce Commission was overwhelmed when the pandemic forced millions of Texans out of work in 2020.
What is he trying to hide? That was our first thought late last week when we learned that Gov. Greg Abbott had refused a media request to disclose correspondence critical of his decision to order extra inspections on commercial trucks entering the U.S. from Mexico.
Operation Lone Star is a tragic and costly example of what happens when political considerations motivate public policy. We strain to even call Operation Lone Star policy.
This may be my inner geek talking, but I’ve always found myself to be a fan of the Star Wars films and the universe that has been created around them over the decades. The only problem is that I’ve been been able to pinpoint exactly what it is about them that has drawn and countless other fans into a galaxy far, far away.
With the state Treasury rolling in dough, taxpayers look for a break. It’s beginning to look a lot like tax cuts for Massachusetts residents are a matter not of “if,” but when.